Toy



Patented Sept. 21, 1937 UNITED STATES TOY Ossian B. Hanson, Willard, Ohio, assigner to Pioneer Rubber Company, Willard, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application May 21, 1936, Serial No. 80,936

2 Claims.

My invention relates to toys of different forms, and it particularly has for its object to produce representations of parts of beings, human or animal, which move when the toy is jarred or moved to produce semblance of life-like action. The invention particularly relates to toys that are formed to suggest imaginary living beings, such as persons, animals, or birds, and having parts freely movable Within transparent enclosures to produce changing appearances by their change in relative location, in order to suggest a life-like appearance. Thus, the eyes of the toy may have outlines or configurations that approximate the eyes of human or animal beings, the eyes being so formed that, as the toy is tilted or otherwise moved, the parts that correspond to the irises will freely move or swing from side to side within confining parts that are covered with a transparent material, such as cellulistic material of the type known to the trade as cellophane.

The invention may be contained in structures of different forms and to illustrate a practical application, I have selected a toy balloon that may be made, when expanded by air, to grotesquely resemble a being, such as a human being, and having attached members enclosing movable elements. The invention may be used in connection with various structures to produce varying artistic or unique effects. The invention also provides means for so attaching the enclosure member, in which the movable elements may freely move, to the material of which the representation of a human being or other figure may be formed, as to cause movement of the enclosure member and thus increase the responsive movements of the elements when the balloon or body of the toy is moved or bounced or jarred. The structure selected as illustrative of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing.

Fig, 1 illustrates a toy balloon having a form suggestive of a human being and having eyes that involve the use of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front View of one of the eyes of the toy. Fig. 3 is a view of a section through the eye of the toy. Fig. 4 illustrates the manner in which the eye is connected to the rubber of which the balloon is formed.

The balloon I may be formed of rubber of varying thickness or elasticity and having parts of varying dimensions to produce the desired configuration when the balloon is inflated to the desired size to form the body part 2, the head 3, and the ears 4 of the toy. The toy may be suitably decorated to represent clothing and facial expression and may be provided with a base part or feet 5 for normally maintaining the toy in its upright position.

The eyes 'I of the toy are formed of cardboard paper parts and cellulistic transparent material that may be secured together by cementing. Each eye is composed of a disk I0 that may be formed circularly and to which a ring II of relatively considerable thickness is preferably peripherally secured. The inner surface of the disk I0 may be formed of white paper I2 to correspond to the usual whiteness of the human eyeball. Within the ring I I is placed a small circular colored disk I3 having a diameter much smaller than the ring I I and which represents an iris of a human eye. The disk I3 is freely movable within the ring II but is confined Within the area of the ring II and in close proximity to the inner surface of the disk I0 by the transparent, cellulistic sheet material I4 which is secured peripherally to the ring II.

The eye is connected to the material of which the body of the toy is formed by a suitable cement. Preferably the back of the disk I0 is provided with a coarsely woven fibre sheet-like material I6, which enables the cement to engage the coarse fibres of the sheet material IB of the eye and the material of the toy body to produce a secure connection between the body of the toy and the eye. Preferably each eye is connected only at a small spot, as at Il, on the head of the ligure, and the eye thus forms an appendage that elastically responds to sudden movements of the head or body of the figure which accentuates the responsive movements of the disks I 3 that represent the irises.

When the toy is jounced or tilted, the colored disk I3 will be rolled or moved over the white surface I2 of the disk IB with a snappy or sedate movement which enhances the grotesqueness of the toy.

I claim:

1. A toy balloon formed of rubber into a grotesque representation of a being, a base part for supporting the balloon on a surface and elastically connected to the lower end of the balloon for free swingable movements of the ballon relative to the base part, a pair of appendages corresponding to eyes and each comprising a disk, a ring secured to the periphery of the disk, a second disk having a diameter much smaller than the interior diameter of the ring, a transparent sheet material secured to the ring for forming a chamber within which the said second disk is freely movable and conned, a coarse fibrous Woven sheet material secured to the back of the 2. A toy balloon formed of rubber into a gro-l tesque representation of a being, a base part for supporting the balloon on a surface and elastically connected to the lower end of the base part for free swingable movements of the balloon relative to the base part, appendages corresponding to the eyes of a being, each eye comprising a circular recessed part, means for centrally securing the recessed part to the balloon, a rotatable member freely movable within the confines of the recessed part, a transparent sheet'l material for covering the recessed part to prevent the lescape of the rotatable member from within the narea and responsive to jarring and swinging movements of the balloon relative to the base g w part', when the balloon is air distended.

OSSIAN B. HANSON. 

